Jim F. Kukral

Jim Kukral has helped small businesses and large companies like Fedex, Sherwin Williams, Ernst & Young and Progressive Auto Insurance understand how find success on the Web. Jim is a professional speaker, award-winning blogger and small business Web consultant.

Here's how Jim can help you:

* Build successful new online businesses or energize and refresh existing ones* Learn how to leverage social media for more sales, leads and publicity* Create imaginative marketing campaigns that get talked about* Innovate new products and services that could positively change your business bottom line* Attract first-class publicity that actually means something and gives an ROI* Make more profits with less work* Build a business around a lifestyle, not the other way around

A graduate of The University of Akron with a BA in Public Relations and a minor in Sales & Marketing, Jim has spent time working for publicly traded firms and small businesses alike. Jim's work and experience in the Internet marketing industry has branded him as a leading thinker and thought-leader in the community.

Jim started work in the Internet business in 1995, mostly in the trenches writing code, designing websites and managing large projects for one of the USA's first Web firms based in Cleveland, OH. Jim is credited with building some of the first major Fortune 500 websites and blogs in America. His work has been viewed by millions around the world.

A blogger since 2001, Jim has reached millions of readers through online channels/networks and offline by writing for magazines and trade journals that are sent all over the globe.

You can currently see Jim's writing in magazines like Revenue Today and FeedFront. Jim has also spent time writing professionally for online sources like clickZ and Builder.com as well as the Web's largest tech group blog at ReveNews.com where Jim served as the Publisher for 2-years.

Jim has done well producing publicity for himself and for his projects or others who have hired him to do so. He has been quoted or featured in some way in online and offline print publications such as Forbes, Brandweek, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, Inc., Small Business Trends, FeedFront, Revenue Today, Marketing Sherpa and Duct Tape Marketing network... to name just a few.

On a daily basis Jim spends most of his time helping entrepreneurs and small business owners learn how to find success online. His passion for teaching shines through in his training and coaching programs that have been taken by hopeful business owners from around the globe.

Most recently, Jim serves as a Program Instructor Member for the University of San Francisco's Internet Marketing Program where he teaches classes to students around the globe on the topics of Internet marketing, Web monetization and social media.

Author Updates

One thing you quickly learn once you begin to attend conferences in your industry, and actually meet industry leaders… is that…
You’re never going to be a rockstar/leader like them unless you stop settling for being average, and instead make strides to take your stuff to the next level.
Probably my most shared post of all time is 13 reasons you’re not as successful as you should be. Most of those reasons cover what I’m talking about here today. There are usually a lot of reaso

I recently filled out an online form in search of fishing camps in Ontario. What happens is I fill out the form, then they take my lead and mail it to all of their advertising partners (fishing camps). So within 48 hours of filling out the form, I have gotten about 50 fishing camps contact me to tell me about their camps.
But 99% of the sales pitches they have given me completely suck.
99% of them just email back a one-line “We’re awesome, check our website here www.fishingcam

I’ve never told this story before. Not in a blog, or in one of my books, or to anyone really. I suppose I suppressed it. But I recently pulled it out of my memory bank because I was listening to a Chris Brogan podcast about why you should quit your job and it spurred this memory up and I wanted to share it with you.
I believe this moment has made me into the entrepreneur I am today. Read on if you’re curious.
This happened in 1996 or so. I was the fourth employee at a “new med

If you’re an author trying to find ways to reach new readers in this new world of self-publishing, then you know that it’s hard. This is why book discovery is the single most important issue facing new authors today. It’s something we all need to be aware of and something we should all be concerning ourselves with.
eBook discovery was the reason I created the Author Marketing Club over a year ago. Since that time over 7,500 authors have signed up for free tools and promotional help. O

One of my most popular things I’ve ever written. Now in infographic form. Please share if you like. Click image to enlarge.
Like this? You can get more in my book Business Around a Lifestyle.
Read the entire post at NFIB with comments.

Anyone who is in the business of marketing will tell you… The most difficult thing to do is talking about yourself. That could mean you, your brand, or your business. For years I’ve struggled with answering the question of “What do you do Jim?” And, “tell me more about yourself”. So much so I’ve hired professionals who have a much easier time of explaining what I do and what I have done.
I think we all just get too close to ourselves; plus the fact that most of us are humble (I know I

You know how to write a ton of books? Co-author them with other people. Introducing a book I’ve been working on with co-author Sherrie Rose. It’s called The Webinar Way – The Single, Most Effective Way to Promote your Services, Drive Leads & Sell a Ton of Products. Published by my book marketing firm Digital Book Launch.
How To Profit From Engaging, Easy-To-Create Webinars With Valuable Content That Participants Love!
Connect to your audience, gain influence with your idea

It’s finally here. Part II of my book series Business Around A Lifestyle (How To Create An Amazing Online Business & Profit From It) is live on sale on Amazon and ready for your reviews. If you haven’t read Volume 1 yet, I would suggest you grab it here first, then move on to Volume 2.
NOTE: Purchase a digital copy by October 22 and I’ll give you free access to my Online Video Toolkit 2.0 training site ($99 value). Learn how to make amazing Web videos. Just contact me after at jim

I recently had the chance to interview the great John Jantsch, aka Ducttape Marketing guy, to talk about his new book The Commitment Engine. Below is the podcast interview. This is John’s third book, and I look forward to reading it. His first two books, are books I have read and I highly recommend. So much so I’ve made video reviews of the both, that can be found on each respective Amazon page.
So what will you learn from listening to John today? Well, how about how to build a succe

Stop, before you read… a bribe. Go ahead and share my new company FunnerVids to your social network here, and get free access to my Online Video Toolkit 2.0 product ($99 value). Share it here.
As I wrote in my HuffingtonPost piece a bit ago, explainer videos are the new infographics.
Yes, infographics are usually very interesting, which makes them shareable, which is the holy grail of every content marketer’s dreams. Smart marketers and content creators make branded infographi